Diary February 17, 1916

02-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Turkish Army camel transport on the front in Mesopotamia.

Diary for Thursday, February 17, 1916:

Middle East

Mesopotamia: King George V message of encouragement to Kut.
Armenia: Siberian Cossacks and infantry take 5,000 PoWs and 42 guns in pursuit from Erzerum.
East Persia: Brigade-General Dyer made GOC, takes command Seistan March 3.

African Fronts

Cameroons: Gouverneur Ebermaier reports to Berlin that his entire force (c.975 Germans including 400 civilians; 6,000 askaris; 8,000 natives) interned in Spanish Muni. 832 Germans later taken to Spain, where 13 escape in schooner from Vigo on October 8.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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